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Wellbeing and Welfare

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 8203

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Micael Dahlen

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Stockholm School of Economics, 11383 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: subjective wellbeing; psychological wellbeing; social psychology; welfare economics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Wellbeing and welfare are at the heart of The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was signed by all United Nations Member States in 2015. It provides a framework for the peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and in the future. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that it centers on connect and rely on both the mental and physical wellbeing of individuals on the one hand, and the economic and social welfare of communities on the other. The aim of this Special Issue is to feed research into this framework which connects and/or adds new perspectives on wellbeing and welfare. This would include, for example, investigations of the dimensionality and potential new dimensions of wellbeing or welfare; their antecedents, moderators and effects; comparative studies; meta-analyses; the interplay between wellbeing and welfare; synergies and trade-offs; and measurement and methodological issues and advancement.

Prof. Dr. Micael Dahlen
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • subjective wellbeing
  • psychological wellbeing
  • physical wellbeing
  • social welfare
  • welfare economics
  • welfare dimensions
  • sustainable development goals

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Are Real-World Prosociality Programs Associated with Greater Psychological Well-Being in Primary School-Aged Children?
by Jason D. E. Proulx, Julia W. Van de Vondervoort, J. Kiley Hamlin, John F. Helliwell and Lara B. Aknin
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4403; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054403 - 1 Mar 2023
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Quality education can build a sustainable, happier world, but what experiences support student well-being? Numerous laboratory studies suggest that prosocial behavior predicts greater psychological well-being. However, relatively little work has examined whether real-world prosociality programs are associated with greater well-being in primary school-aged [...] Read more.
Quality education can build a sustainable, happier world, but what experiences support student well-being? Numerous laboratory studies suggest that prosocial behavior predicts greater psychological well-being. However, relatively little work has examined whether real-world prosociality programs are associated with greater well-being in primary school-aged children (aged 5–12). In Study 1, we surveyed 24/25 students who completed their 6th Grade curriculum in a long-term care home alongside residents called “Elders,” which offered numerous opportunities for planned and spontaneous helping. We found that the meaning that students derived from their prosocial interactions with the Elders was strongly associated with greater psychological well-being. In Study 2, we conducted a pre-registered field experiment with 238 primary school-aged children randomly assigned to package essential items for children who experience homelessness and/or poverty who were either demographically similar or dissimilar in age and/or gender to them as part of a classroom outing. Children self-reported their happiness both pre- and post-intervention. While happiness increased from pre- to post-intervention, this change did not differ for children who helped a similar or dissimilar recipient. These studies offer real-world evidence consistent with the possibility that engaging in prosocial classroom activities—over an afternoon or year—is associated with greater psychological well-being in primary school-aged children. Full article
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Personal Growth and Life Satisfaction during Fertility Treatment—A Comparison between Arab and Jewish Women
by Salam Abu-Sharkia, Orit Taubman - Ben-Ari and Ali Mofareh
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2187; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032187 - 25 Jan 2023
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Coping with difficulty conceiving and the ensuing fertility treatments is a stressful experience that impacts many aspects of women’s lives. On the basis of Lazarus and Folkman’s model of stress and coping and Schaefer and Moos’s model of personal growth, and in view [...] Read more.
Coping with difficulty conceiving and the ensuing fertility treatments is a stressful experience that impacts many aspects of women’s lives. On the basis of Lazarus and Folkman’s model of stress and coping and Schaefer and Moos’s model of personal growth, and in view of the sparse literature on cultural aspects of infertility and personal growth, this study examined the relationship between stress on the one hand and personal growth and life satisfaction on the other among Arab and Jewish Israeli women. Furthermore, it investigated the moderating role played by perceived stigma, coping flexibility, cultural orientation (individualism and collectivism), and ethnicity. Two hundred five Arab and Jewish Israeli women undergoing fertility treatment completed self-report questionnaires. The results show that Arab women reported higher levels of personal growth and individualism than Jewish women. In the whole sample, a linear negative relationship was found between stress and life satisfaction, and a curvilinear relationship was found between stress and personal growth. In addition, perceived stigma, collectivism, individualism, and coping flexibility were found to moderate the association between perceived stress and personal growth. The findings provide further understanding of personal growth in the context of infertility, showing that personal resources and perceptions are more important than cultural differences in this regard. Full article
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Basic Income and the Status of Women in an Established Gender-Equal Welfare State: Results from the Finnish Basic Income Experiment
by Olli Kangas and Minna Ylikännö
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 1733; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031733 - 18 Jan 2023
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Debates on the gendered effects of universal basic income (UBI) tend to bifurcate into two opposing views. On the one hand, UBI is seen as a strong incentive for women to stay at home and be permanently locked into their care responsibilities. On [...] Read more.
Debates on the gendered effects of universal basic income (UBI) tend to bifurcate into two opposing views. On the one hand, UBI is seen as a strong incentive for women to stay at home and be permanently locked into their care responsibilities. On the other hand, UBI is seen as a tool for empowerment, increasing women’s autonomy, fortifying their capacity to act, and guaranteeing their individual income and income security. This paper contributes to these debates by asking if UBI enhances women’s empowerment or not. Using the survey data compiled in the context of the Finnish basic income experiment (2017–2018), we compare survey responses from the UBI treatment group (n = 586) and the control group (n = 1047). Our results based on χ2 statistics and regression analyses show that, while UBI did not affect employment, it was positively associated with individual capacities and confidence in various aspects of life. However, these empowering effects were universal and did not differ between women and men. Our results indicate that UBI is not a gender equality-related issue in established gender-equal Nordic welfare states. On the basis of our findings, we also argue that the previous academic discussion on UBI and on results from various experiments is too universalising. It does not pay sufficient attention to the national social policy contexts where experiments have been carried out. Full article
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Individuals’ Assessments of Their Own Wellbeing, Subjective Welfare, and Good Life: Four Exploratory Studies
by Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 11919; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911919 - 21 Sep 2022
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This paper reports on four exploratory online studies of how wellbeing and welfare are valued and perceived from a subjective, individual perspective. Study 1 (n = 707) compares individuals’ subjective ratings and correlations of the importance of the three wellbeing dimensions happiness, [...] Read more.
This paper reports on four exploratory online studies of how wellbeing and welfare are valued and perceived from a subjective, individual perspective. Study 1 (n = 707) compares individuals’ subjective ratings and correlations of the importance of the three wellbeing dimensions happiness, meaning in life, and a psychologically rich life, as well as their welfare. Study 2 (n = 679) factor-analyses the same four (five-item) wellbeing and subjective welfare constructs. Study 3 (n = 710) gauges how individuals’ global assessments of the three dimensions of wellbeing and of subjective welfare contribute to their assessments of living a good life, using stepwise regression analysis. Study 4 (n = 663) replicates the stepwise regression analysis with global measures of relative, rather than absolute, wellbeing and subjective welfare. Full article
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